I've Lost My Eyeglasses
About I've Lost My Eyeglasses
A very short-sighted man drops his lorgnon while reading the paper over breakfast. He searches the table, the floor, and under the carpet, then leaves for an appointment. Without the glass he collides with people and objects. He pays a produce seller for a ride on her cart; she dumps him into her vegetables. Home again, he picks up his coffee and finds the lorgnon in the cup.
Cast & crew
More about I've Lost My Eyeglasses
Charles-Lucien Lépine directed the Pathé comic, catalog number 1359, at 85 meters (275 feet). Segundo de Chomón photographed it. The French title is J'ai perdu mon lorgnon. The Era in London described the gag on March 24, 1906, so the film was already in release by then. Spanish houses advertised it from March 1906.
Themes
Making
Lépine shoots the search in the dining room, sends the man into the street for the collisions, and brings him back to the same cup. The glass never left the table.
Look
Segundo de Chomón photographed the short for Pathé. The camera stays outside the action while the man bumps through the street and lands in the vegetable cart.
Preservation
A print survives. The Pathé length was 85 meters; a circulating copy runs just under four minutes.
Notes
- Pathé's own synopsis calls him a very short-sighted gentleman, not a named actor.
- The Era's English write-up of March 24, 1906, uses the title I've Lost my Eyeglass, singular.
- French showings billed it as J'ai perdu mon lorgnon, including the Casino de la Plage in Arcachon on April 23, 1906.
- The length on the Pathé books is 85 meters.
Scenes
- He hunts under the carpet while the lorgnon sits in the coffee.
- The produce seller's cart throws him into the vegetables.
- He lifts the cup and finds the glass.
